Heart disease in acromegaly. Study of 27 patients;Alteraciones cardiológicas en la acromegalia. Estudio de 27 pacientes

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 326-330

  Marín, Francisco ^a   Picó, Antonio M ^a   Martínez, Juan G ^a   Domínguez, José R ^a   Alfayete, Rocío ^a   Sogorb, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030596766     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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